Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 16 December 1899, page 4


THE LAST BOER WAR.

Mr. H. Rider Haggard is one of the survivors

of the few individuals who were concerned in

Sir Theophilus Shepstone's annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. He was, in so far, well qualified to write an account of the successful Boer rebellion of 1881, which he accordingly did in the year following that disastrous event, and now he republishes that account with such additions as have been rendered advisable by reason of the disclosures made in the interim. The preface is a very interesting piece of work, reviewing generally as it does the history of British transactions with the Boers, culminating in the war of to-day. Readers who want to know something of the real character of the Boers—these simple homely farmers of whom we hear—would do well to get Mr. Haggard's little book.